Group Meeting

Today we met in the Dubois Library to continue our work with our survey in Access. There was a bit of a rough patch seeing as we have a steep learning curve given the project parameters and deadline but we are making steady progress. We will be planning on meeting with Professor Gal of in the School of Business to further discuss our progress with our tables and our first objective. We're getting the hang of creating tables and labeling but a few things will also need to be hashed out.

Also we are finalizing a list of potential candidates that will be looked at as we hope to make a decision on the tablet and/or notebook that we will be getting for Principal Hyry to use along with the completed survey. The hope is that we will get as much bang for our buck in a product that will be the perfect mix of speed, silence, and efficiency.

Looking into Tablets

We are currently in the process of looking into a Tablet for Principal Hyry. He voiced preference in something that will not make his presence during each classroom visit overbearing. He desires to remain as much unnoticed and silent during his visits as possible!

We realized an IPad is not the only option and have headed more towards looking into tablets and netbooks. Seyi has looked into prices and models. In class, Kevin brought in his netbook to share with us which, as of now, seems like a solid option for what we need. It is small and has both touch screen and a keypad with the ability to use Access.

However, we are still in the begin stage of looking into what to buy and how to buy it!

More updates on this to come!

Process of Working With Access

We are currently in the process of working with Access and gaining the ability to create a rough draft of our form. We have looked online for tutorials whether they be videos or written instructions and used those for our own learning, as well as, bookmark them to provide as useful aids for the Peck administration. The Microsoft website itself has been very useful in guiding our way with experimenting with Access.

Today, an extremely rough draft of the survey was created with tables for Basic Info and Objective 1. This draft combined the current knowledge we have now into a beginning of the form, which has allowed us to see what further questions we have for Professor Gal, as well as, provide him with a foundation to help us work off of.

Current Questions:
1) Creating descriptions for each 'Field' question that will show up in form
2) Will 'Subdatanames' in Table Properties be useful in connecting all tables into one final report?
3) Primary Keys: What are they? Each table have ID number allow corresponding entries to be grouped together?

More specific questions will be known as we move ahead....


Now, to meet with Professor Gal again in order to move ahead!

Our 2nd Meeting with Paul

So we meet with Paul today, and our meeting with him was very productive. We were able to get all the raw data that we needed, and now we can essentially go to Professor Gall, and specify how we want the system to work. Although we have been delayed a bit, we now have what we need going forward with our project.

We are also thinking of investing in a 'netbook/tablet like' device. The ideal device will be able to run Microsoft Access while being non-distributive. That can be a netbook, or a tablet that is capable of running Access. Netbooks are good, but however they may create more of a noisy footprint, which the administration does not want to do within in formal visits.

So basically, we plan to meet with professor Gall on the 10th if he's available, and dabbling with Access during the following week to actually start creating the system. From then, we can move forward with the specifics and putting Principal Hyry's particular comments into the system.

A touch-screen netbook is more or less where we're are leaning, which should run between $200-$400 dollars.

The wheels are most definitely in motion! :)

-PSAdmin Team

Scheduling and Logistics

As we embark in the eve of a new semester, it is all about logistics and getting things on their way. We are all seniors in the suffle of classes, red-tape, and getting the nitty gritty done to be able to graduate this coming spring. My other partners were trying to get a hold of Megan, and she being as busy, if not busier than we are was just able to get a hold of us back. This week I was finally able to fully get my schedule on track and confirm. Right now, we are mainly just finalizing meeting times, and logistics.

We do have some big ideas though. I recently thought of creating a YouTube channel for using Microsoft Access Tutorials. We can use this help teach us how to use Access, and then we can potentially use them to help out the Admin team. We might be able to pass this channel on to the admin team if all goes as plan, but we are still more or less piloting this idea.

First Post of the New Year and Updates

Hurrah! It's 2012! The Peck Admin Team is very optimistic going into this new year of 2012! This is the year of action and execution! We have dabbled with Microsoft Access during the New year. Now we are just awaiting Megan's response in terms of availability. But once we get the green light on when she's available, we'll have to coordinate that with all of our schedules. Then we'll be ready to go, and get all the details we need to start.